At this point, Chen Nianzhi still felt somewhat wary.
If that strike had been personally unleashed by the Netherworld Sovereign, his physical body would likely have been completely destroyed.
Fortunately, the Nether Emperor's Son lacked sufficient cultivation. Even with a full-power sword strike, he could only inflict moderate injuries upon Chen Nianzhi, unable to pose a fatal threat.
Thinking of this, Chen Nianzhi grew somewhat grave. The Nether Emperor's Son alone had been able to injure him. If three or five Sovereign Seeds of that caliber joined forces, would he not be in danger of suffering grievous wounds?
"It seems that during this journey into the Hongmeng Secret Realm, I must continue strengthening myself."
Chen Nianzhi murmured inwardly. He then handed the seized resources to the others and had them return to secluded cultivation, while he himself came to the edge of the Marrow-Washing Pool to recover.
Before long, his injuries had fully healed.
After recovering, Chen Nianzhi gathered his thoughts and fell into contemplation.
This lesson had made him understand that, with his current strength, he was not invincible even among half-step Infinity experts.
To avoid being ambushed again, and to avoid bringing calamity upon those around him, he decided to enter secluded cultivation and lie low for some time longer.
Thus, he used the Blood Bones of the two Nether Mastiff ancestors as ingredients, supplemented by various rare treasures from the body-sainthood lineage, and refined a furnace of Flesh Essence Treasure Pills.
This Flesh Essence Treasure Pill was a supreme treasure of the body-sainthood lineage and was of no small use even to Chen Nianzhi.
Unfortunately, his physical cultivation had reached a bottleneck. Before he cultivated his second Supreme Divine Form, it would be of no use to him.
So Chen Nianzhi put away the Flesh Essence Treasure